Japan vs New Zealand statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 61st vs. 74th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Japan and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Japan and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Japan

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	New Zealand
1960	$47,419,238,274	$5,536,098,360
1961	$57,266,758,180	$5,721,994,864
1962	$64,987,857,542	$6,133,158,532
1963	$74,379,284,603	$6,699,741,645
1964	$87,490,590,818	$7,340,766,415
1965	$97,338,107,606	$5,706,251,400
1966	$113,046,784,179	$5,917,437,693
1967	$132,475,614,227	$6,016,017,227
1968	$156,897,496,759	$5,228,045,415
1969	$184,298,841,305	$5,814,357,709
1970	$217,223,652,719	$6,495,605,331
1971	$245,364,056,622	$7,911,136,757
1972	$324,933,841,269	$9,567,331,065
1973	$441,460,582,536	$12,802,281,898
1974	$490,035,789,970	$13,940,981,798
1975	$532,861,438,885	$12,861,983,284
1976	$598,883,902,156	$13,604,832,424
1977	$737,069,290,928	$15,446,825,318
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$18,530,518,395
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$20,731,243,113
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$23,244,547,385
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$24,417,617,184
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$24,164,603,059
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$24,309,279,706
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$21,665,975,319
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$24,679,795,396
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$30,604,668,357
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$40,376,354,070
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$45,176,811,594
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$43,920,222,525
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$45,495,129,385
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$42,745,329,732
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$41,649,829,860
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$46,775,620,817
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$55,314,732,279
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$63,918,703,507
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$70,140,835,299
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$66,075,143,415
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$56,227,169,851
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$58,762,260,626
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$52,623,281,957
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$53,872,425,917
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$66,627,729,311
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$88,250,885,550
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$103,905,210,084
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$114,720,129,550
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$111,538,810,713
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$137,188,946,866
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$133,437,126,590
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$121,663,439,315
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$146,887,902,524
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$168,484,908,960
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$176,560,711,239
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$191,012,364,177
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$201,518,402,787
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$178,224,167,088
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$189,100,085,275
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$206,745,969,246
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$211,985,631,173
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$213,006,341,102
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$213,029,554,654
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$253,977,931,815
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$249,509,991,440
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$255,194,972,673
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$260,235,932,559

Japan and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	New Zealand
1960	$509	$2,334
1961	$609	$2,365
1962	$685	$2,471
1963	$776	$2,646
1964	$903	$2,839
1965	$994	$2,171
1966	$1,144	$2,211
1967	$1,326	$2,208
1968	$1,553	$1,902
1969	$1,803	$2,097
1970	$2,101	$2,311
1971	$2,321	$2,773
1972	$3,031	$3,295
1973	$4,061	$4,323
1974	$4,448	$4,611
1975	$4,776	$4,172
1976	$5,310	$4,374
1977	$6,473	$4,951
1978	$9,012	$5,937
1979	$9,301	$6,668
1980	$9,669	$7,467
1981	$10,583	$7,814
1982	$9,780	$7,656
1983	$10,652	$7,598
1984	$11,207	$6,714
1985	$11,809	$7,601
1986	$17,452	$9,428
1987	$21,142	$12,331
1988	$25,500	$13,759
1989	$25,266	$13,312
1990	$25,801	$13,663
1991	$29,428	$12,230
1992	$31,993	$11,793
1993	$36,345	$13,094
1994	$39,934	$15,280
1995	$44,198	$17,400
1996	$39,150	$18,794
1997	$35,638	$17,474
1998	$32,424	$14,738
1999	$36,610	$15,322
2000	$39,169	$13,641
2001	$34,406	$13,883
2002	$32,821	$16,874
2003	$35,387	$21,914
2004	$38,299	$25,420
2005	$37,813	$27,751
2006	$35,992	$26,655
2007	$35,779	$32,480
2008	$39,876	$31,325
2009	$41,309	$28,277
2010	$44,968	$33,762
2011	$48,760	$38,432
2012	$49,145	$40,054
2013	$40,899	$43,000
2014	$38,475	$44,618
2015	$34,961	$38,665
2016	$39,375	$40,114
2017	$38,834	$42,950
2018	$39,751	$43,257
2019	$40,416	$42,779
2020	$40,029	$41,851
2021	$40,095	$49,689
2022	$34,066	$48,760
2023	$33,836	$48,655
2024	$32,476	$48,747

Japan vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	New Zealand
1950	59.3	69.3
1951	61	69.1
1952	63	69.4
1953	63.3	70.2
1954	64.5	70.3
1955	65.7	70.5
1956	65.6	70.7
1957	65.4	70.3
1958	67	70.9
1959	67.5	70.8
1960	67.7	71.2
1961	68.4	70.9
1962	68.7	71.2
1963	69.7	71.3
1964	70.2	71.3
1965	70.3	71.2
1966	71.1	71.1
1967	71.4	71.4
1968	71.7	71.1
1969	71.9	71.5
1970	72	71.2
1971	72.8	71.7
1972	73.3	71.8
1973	73.4	71.7
1974	73.8	71.9
1975	74.4	72.2
1976	74.8	72.4
1977	75.3	72.1
1978	75.7	73
1979	76.2	73.1
1980	76.1	72.9
1981	76.6	73.6
1982	77.1	73.7
1983	77.1	73.8
1984	77.5	74.4
1985	77.8	73.9
1986	78.2	74.1
1987	78.6	74.2
1988	78.5	74.5
1989	79	74.9
1990	79	75.4
1991	79.3	76.1
1992	79.3	76.2
1993	79.4	76.5
1994	79.8	76.9
1995	79.7	76.8
1996	80.4	76.8
1997	80.6	77.3
1998	80.6	78.2
1999	80.6	77.9
2000	81.2	78.7
2001	81.5	78.7
2002	81.8	78.9
2003	81.9	79.1
2004	82.1	79.4
2005	82	80
2006	82.4	80
2007	82.5	80.1
2008	82.6	80.2
2009	83	80.5
2010	82.9	81.1
2011	82.7	80.8
2012	83.2	81.2
2013	83.4	81.6
2014	83.6	81.4
2015	83.9	81.6
2016	84.1	82
2017	84.2	81.6
2018	84.3	81.9
2019	84.4	81.8
2020	84.7	82.7
2021	84.6	82.3
2022	84.1	81
2023	84.7	82.1
2024	84.9	82.2
2025	85	82.4

Japan and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	New Zealand
1960	93,216,000	2,371,800
1961	94,055,000	2,419,700
1962	94,933,000	2,482,000
1963	95,900,000	2,531,800
1964	96,903,000	2,585,400
1965	97,952,000	2,628,400
1966	98,851,000	2,675,900
1967	99,879,000	2,724,100
1968	101,011,000	2,748,100
1969	102,219,000	2,772,800
1970	103,403,000	2,810,700
1971	105,697,000	2,853,000
1972	107,188,000	2,903,900
1973	108,707,000	2,961,300
1974	110,162,000	3,023,700
1975	111,573,000	3,083,100
1976	112,775,000	3,110,500
1977	113,872,000	3,120,200
1978	114,913,000	3,121,200
1979	115,890,000	3,109,000
1980	116,807,000	3,112,900
1981	117,661,000	3,124,900
1982	118,480,000	3,156,100
1983	119,307,000	3,199,300
1984	120,083,000	3,227,100
1985	120,837,000	3,247,100
1986	121,482,000	3,246,300
1987	122,069,000	3,274,400
1988	122,578,000	3,283,400
1989	123,069,000	3,299,200
1990	123,478,000	3,329,800
1991	123,964,000	3,495,100
1992	124,425,000	3,531,700
1993	124,829,000	3,572,200
1994	125,178,000	3,620,000
1995	125,472,000	3,673,400
1996	125,757,000	3,732,000
1997	126,057,000	3,781,300
1998	126,400,000	3,815,000
1999	126,631,000	3,835,100
2000	126,843,000	3,857,700
2001	127,149,000	3,880,500
2002	127,445,000	3,948,500
2003	127,718,000	4,027,200
2004	127,761,000	4,087,500
2005	127,773,000	4,133,900
2006	127,854,000	4,184,600
2007	128,001,000	4,223,800
2008	128,063,000	4,259,800
2009	128,047,000	4,302,600
2010	128,070,000	4,350,700
2011	127,833,000	4,384,000
2012	127,629,000	4,408,100
2013	127,445,000	4,442,100
2014	127,276,000	4,516,500
2015	127,141,000	4,609,400
2016	127,076,000	4,714,100
2017	126,972,000	4,813,600
2018	126,811,000	4,900,600
2019	126,633,000	4,979,200
2020	126,261,000	5,090,200
2021	125,681,593	5,111,300
2022	125,124,989	5,117,100
2023	124,516,650	5,245,000
2024	123,975,371	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Japan and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Japan

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	New Zealand
1960	2	4.24
1961	1.96	4.31
1962	1.98	4.19
1963	2	4.05
1964	2.05	3.8
1965	2.14	3.54
1966	1.58	3.41
1967	2.23	3.35
1968	2.13	3.34
1969	2.13	3.28
1970	2.13	3.17
1971	2.16	3.18
1972	2.14	3
1973	2.14	2.76
1974	2.05	2.58
1975	1.91	2.37
1976	1.85	2.27
1977	1.8	2.21
1978	1.79	2.07
1979	1.77	2.12
1980	1.75	2.03
1981	1.74	2.01
1982	1.77	1.95
1983	1.8	1.92
1984	1.81	1.93
1985	1.76	1.93
1986	1.72	1.96
1987	1.69	2.03
1988	1.66	2.1
1989	1.57	2.12
1990	1.54	2.18
1991	1.53	2.09
1992	1.5	2.06
1993	1.46	2.04
1994	1.5	1.98
1995	1.42	1.98
1996	1.43	1.96
1997	1.39	1.96
1998	1.38	1.89
1999	1.34	1.97
2000	1.36	1.98
2001	1.33	1.97
2002	1.32	1.89
2003	1.29	1.93
2004	1.29	1.98
2005	1.26	1.97
2006	1.32	2.01
2007	1.34	2.18
2008	1.37	2.19
2009	1.37	2.13
2010	1.39	2.17
2011	1.39	2.09
2012	1.41	2.1
2013	1.43	2.01
2014	1.42	1.92
2015	1.45	1.99
2016	1.44	1.87
2017	1.43	1.81
2018	1.42	1.71
2019	1.36	1.72
2020	1.33	1.61
2021	1.3	1.64
2022	1.26	1.66
2023	1.2	1.56

Japan and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Japan

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	New Zealand
1960	25.8	27.5
1961	26.2	27.1
1962	26.5	26.8
1963	26.9	26.4
1964	27.2	26.2
1965	27.6	26
1966	28	25.9
1967	28.4	25.8
1968	28.6	25.7
1969	28.9	25.7
1970	29.2	25.6
1971	29.6	25.7
1972	29.9	25.9
1973	30.2	26
1974	30.4	26.2
1975	30.6	26.3
1976	30.9	26.5
1977	31.5	26.8
1978	32	27.1
1979	32.4	27.5
1980	32.8	27.9
1981	33.1	28.2
1982	33.7	28.5
1983	34.3	28.8
1984	34.9	29.1
1985	35.4	29.4
1986	35.9	29.8
1987	36.3	30.1
1988	36.8	30.4
1989	37.2	30.8
1990	37.7	31.1
1991	38.2	31.4
1992	38.7	31.7
1993	39.2	32
1994	39.6	32.3
1995	40	32.6
1996	40.3	32.8
1997	40.7	33.2
1998	41	33.6
1999	41.4	34
2000	41.8	34.3
2001	42.1	34.6
2002	42.5	34.8
2003	42.8	35
2004	43.2	35.2
2005	43.6	35.5
2006	43.9	35.8
2007	44.2	36.1
2008	44.6	36.4
2009	44.9	36.6
2010	45.2	36.8
2011	45.5	37
2012	45.8	37.2
2013	46.2	37.4
2014	46.6	37.5
2015	47	37.4
2016	47.3	37.3
2017	47.6	37.2
2018	48	37.3
2019	48.3	37.3
2020	48.7	37.5
2021	49.1	37.8
2022	49.5	38.1
2023	50	38.3
2024	50.4	38.6

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